English Explanatory Dictionary

misthanasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The premature death of a vulnerable human due to a failure to provide appropriate help in the context of social injustice.

Word forms

misthanasia

Etymology

A neologism coined by Brazilian bioethicists, from mis- (“badly, wrongly”) + -thanasia (as in euthanasia, dysthanasia), from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).

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